Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liuba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Liu-ba
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

Example Sentences

"The initial motivation to go on a pilgrimage is also often twofold: one cannot pass Hanzhong without going to the Zhangliangmiao in Liuba County, and it is good to go to a holy place if one has a sick mother or a child of marriageable age."
"On arriving in Hanzhong, Yongbao rushed into the Qinling Mountains to fight Zhang Hanchao.[…]When the two met at the seat of Liuba county after the battle, they quarreled bitterly: Yongbao accused Mingliang of not having come to his rescue sooner, and Mingliang blamed Yongbao for being defeated by the rebels."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 留壩 /留坝 (Liúbà).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 留壩

Inflected Forms

Liu-pa (alternative)

Questions

What does liuba mean?: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Where does liuba come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 留壩 /留坝 (Liúbà).

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